| 1961 AFL Receiving
Receiving | Rec | Yds | Avg | TD | Lionel Taylor, DEN | 100 | 1176 | 11.8 | 4 | Charley Hennigan, HOU | 82 | 1746 | 21.3 | 12 | Art Powell, NYT | 71 | 881 | 12.4 | 5 | Dave Kocourek, SD | 55 | 1055 | 19.2 | 4 | Chris Burford, DLT | 51 | 850 | 16.7 | 5 | Bill Groman, HOU | 50 | 1175 | 23.5 | 17 | Glenn Bass, BUF | 50 | 765 | 15.3 | 3 | Don Norton, SD | 47 | 816 | 17.4 | 6 | Al Frazier, DEN | 47 | 799 | 17.0 | 6 | Gino Cappelletti, BOS | 45 | 768 | 17.1 | 8 | Don Maynard, NYT | 43 | 629 | 14.6 | 8 | Billy Cannon, HOU | 43 | 586 | 13.6 | 9 | Jim Colclough, BOS | 42 | 757 | 18.0 | 9 | Doug Asad, OAK | 42 | 592 | 14.1 | 2 | Donnie Stone, DEN | 38 | 344 | 9.1 | 4 | Alan Miller, OAK | 36 | 315 | 8.8 | 4 | Johnny Robinson, DLT | 35 | 601 | 17.2 | 5 | Abner Haynes, DLT | 34 | 558 | 16.4 | 3 | Tom Rychlec, BUF | 33 | 405 | 12.3 | 2 | Bob Coolbaugh, OAK | 32 | 435 | 13.6 | 4 | Billy Lott, BOS | 32 | 333 | 10.4 | 6 | Elbert Dubenion, BUF | 31 | 461 | 14.9 | 6 | Dick Christy, NYT | 29 | 521 | 18.0 | 1 | Gene Prebola, DEN | 29 | 349 | 12.0 | 1 | Larry Garron, BOS | 24 | 341 | 14.2 | 3 | Charlie Hardy, OAK | 24 | 337 | 14.0 | 4 | Charley Tolar, HOU | 24 | 219 | 9.1 | 1 | Monte Crockett, BUF | 20 | 325 | 16.3 | 0 | Perry Richards, BUF | 19 | 285 | 15.0 | 3 | Thomas Stephens, BOS | 19 | 186 | 9.8 | 2 | Bob Renn, NYT | 18 | 268 | 14.9 | 1 | Jerry Burch, OAK | 18 | 235 | 13.1 | 1 | Wray Carlton, BUF | 17 | 193 | 11.4 | 0 | Wayne Crow, OAK | 17 | 105 | 6.2 | 0 | Paul Lowe, SD | 17 | 103 | 6.1 | 0 | Charlie Flowers, SD | 16 | 175 | 10.9 | 0 | Thurlow Cooper, NYT | 15 | 208 | 13.9 | 4 | Luther Hayes, SD | 14 | 280 | 20.0 | 3 | Bo Dickinson, DLT | 14 | 209 | 14.9 | 2 | Bob McLeod, HOU | 14 | 172 | 12.3 | 2 | Fred Bukaty, DEN | 14 | 94 | 6.7 | 0 | John White, HOU | 13 | 238 | 18.3 | 1 | Dewey Bohling, NYT/BUF | 13 | 217 | 16.7 | 1 | Frank Jackson, DLT | 13 | 171 | 13.2 | 2 | Clem Daniels, OAK | 13 | 150 | 11.5 | 0 | Mel West, BOS/NYT | 13 | 146 | 11.2 | 0 | Ron Burton, BOS | 13 | 115 | 8.8 | 0 | Charley Fuller, OAK | 12 | 277 | 23.1 | 2 | Keith Lincoln, SD | 12 | 208 | 17.3 | 2 | Willard Dewveall, HOU | 12 | 200 | 16.7 | 3 | Max Boydston, DLT | 12 | 167 | 13.9 | 1 | Bill Mathis, NYT | 12 | 42 | 3.5 | 1 | Howard Clark, SD | 11 | 182 | 16.5 | 0 | James Stinnette, DEN | 11 | 58 | 5.3 | 1 | Dave Smith, HOU | 10 | 131 | 13.1 | 1 | George Fleming, OAK | 10 | 49 | 4.9 | 0 | Bob Scarpitto, SD | 9 | 163 | 18.1 | 2 | Jim Crawford, BOS | 9 | 85 | 9.4 | 0 | Joe Johnson, BOS | 9 | 82 | 9.1 | 1 | Jack Spikes, DLT | 8 | 136 | 17.0 | 0 | Gene Mingo, DEN | 8 | 110 | 13.8 | 2 | Tony Romeo, DLT | 7 | 89 | 12.7 | 0 | Bo Roberson, SD | 6 | 81 | 13.5 | 0 | Art Baker, BUF | 6 | 73 | 12.2 | 0 | Richie Lucas, BUF | 6 | 69 | 11.5 | 0 | Tom Yewcic, BOS | 6 | 56 | 9.3 | 0 | Dave Ames, NYT/DEN | 6 | 20 | 3.3 | 0 | Al Carmichael, DEN | 5 | 23 | 4.6 | 0 | Jack Hill, DEN | 4 | 33 | 8.3 | 0 | Claude King, HOU | 3 | 83 | 27.7 | 1 | Jacque MacKinnon, SD | 3 | 58 | 19.3 | 0 | Bill Shockley, NYT/BUF | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 0 | Walt Kowalczyk, OAK | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 0 | Billy Pricer, DLT | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 0 | Jack Larscheid, OAK | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 0 | Jerry Sturm, DEN | 2 | -1 | -0.5 | 0 | Curley Johnson, NYT | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 0 | Gerhard Schwedes, BOS | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 0 | Dan Chamberlain, BUF | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 0 | Julian Spence, HOU | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 0 | Charlie Barnes, DLT | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 0 | Fred Brown, BUF | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | Chuck Shonta, BOS | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | Jerry Traynham, DEN | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | 0 | Bob O'Neil, NYT | 1 | -13 | -13.0 | 0 | George Blanda, HOU | 1 | -16 | -16.0 | 0 |
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